Over the last five centuries, colonialism has shaped the international trade system, consolidating who on the world stage exploits and who is exploited. European countries have maintained their global power by monopolising violence in many ways, among which land occupation, military invasion and genocide, economic sanctions, environmental destruction, and the ongoing exploitation of Global South workers and resources. Today, western countries’ economic, political and cultural interests remain the largest threat to equity, safety and peace for all living beings. This series zooms out to address these international dynamics, so we can collectively imagine historic and present day reparations and create systems change that fosters collaboration over domination. How might we build new structures for global solidarity? Together we contribute to international justice.
Image: Anti-Smith demonstration, N.Y.C. by Bernard Gotfryd (1924-2016).
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